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NewsBudapest's Titanic festival cuts €10,000 award
Hungary’s ongoing financial crisis cuts part of budget for the festival.
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NewsOliver Sherman gets distribution in France, Hungary through EoF scheme
Thriller Oliver Sherman has been confirmed to screen at several festivals and has distribution in two territories under the new Eye On Films initiative.
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NewsCoproduction Office takes on Blue Bird from hot Belgian director
Philippe Bober’s The Coproduction Office has come on board for world sales on Blue Bird, the second feature from highly rated young Belgian director Gust Van den Berghe [pictured].
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NewsLionsgate launches microbudget initiative, names first three films
The programme will focus on films under $2m and the first three are post-apocalyptic comedy Rapture-Palooza, comedy Gay Dude and supernatural thriller 6 Miranda Drive, to be directed by Wolf Creek creator Greg McLean.
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NewsIain Smith to head advisory board for new British Film Commission under Film London
Office of the British Film Commissioner moves from the UKFC to Film London tomorrow as part of restructuring; advisory board to have about 20 members.
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NewsCinemaCon: Lucas, Cameron, Katzenberg look to future
Three of the godfathers of event filmmaking reassured CinemaCon attendees yesterday [30] that the best is yet to come in digital filmmaking.
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Lionsgate, Tyler Perry renew multi-year first-look deal
The studio announced today [Mar 31] it had extended its lucrative partnership with Perry through a multi-year arrangement.
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California's Dodge College launches pioneering Chapman Entertainment
Chapman University’s Dodge College Of Film And Media Arts has formed a production and distribution venture, becoming what is believed to be the first film school in the US to do so.
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MPF&TV carves out Filmart sales on Miss Nobody, Grey Skies
Moving Pictures Film & TV has concluded the sale of horror film Grey Skies and 3D film Robin Hood: Ghosts Of Sherwood to HGC Entertainment in China.
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Lincoln Center unveils Norman Jewison retrospective
This will be the first major tribute to the director’s work in New York and is set to run from May 25-30.
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NewsFilmsharks takes Finnish feature Hella W
The Argentina-based sales company will begin international sales on Juha Wuolijoki’s film in Cannes.
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NewsCannes to honour Jean-Paul Belmondo
The upcoming Cannes Film Festival will host a tribute to the French actor which will include the premiere of Vincent Perrot and Jeff Domenech’s documentary Belmondo, The Career.
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NewsArts Council cuts ICA funding, adds Tyneside Cinema and Berwick festival
Some film-related organisations in the UK are affected by today’s annual portfolio funding decisions by the Arts Council England, which has unveiled the organisations it is backing between 2012 and 2015.
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News104 Films to produce homeless awareness thriller NFA
The £100,000 feature tackles the issue of homelessness and will shoot in Birmingham this May.
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NewsAV takes on sales for Kieron Walsh's Jump
UK-based AV Pictures has taken on worldwide sales for comedy thriller Jump.
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NewsAsia Film Group seeks partners for Asian remakes of RKO classics
Los Angeles-based Asia Film Group is now meeting with production and distribution partners to finance its Asian-language remakes of RKO Pictures’ classics.
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Whole Foods, Silverdocs launch green grant
The nationwide retailer of natural and organic food has teamed up with AFI-Discovery Channel Silverdocs Festival on a $50,000 award for films about the environment to be awarded at Silverdocs on Jun 25.
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NewsRussian government could tax foreign film releases
The Russian government is considering introducing a new system for collecting of charges on income from distribution and exhibition of every certified film, with further investment of these funds for the needs of the domestic film industry.
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NewsCinemaCon: new MPAA chief Dodd addresses piracy, China
Senator Chris Dodd sent out all the right signals and said nothing new in his inaugural address as chairman and CEO of the MPAA at CinemaCon on Tuesday [29].
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NewsBeginners to open San Francisco Int'l Film Festival
Mike Mill’s Beginners starring Christopher Plummer and Ewan McGregor will open the San Francisco International Film Festival, set to run from Apr 21-May 5.